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A magnetic monopole is a hypothetical particle with only one magnetic pole. Their magnetic fields would not be divergence-less. Predicted by certain modern theories, including string theory, supergravity, and various popular grand unified theories.

I need your opinions. Why is the vector potential of a magnetic field important (or even necessary) to quantum mechanics? Why it has to be defined everywhere? Is there any fundamental reason you can ...

From the Maxwell's equations point of view, existence of magnetic monopole leads to unsuitability of the introduction of vector potential as $\vec B = \operatorname{rot}\vec A$. As a result, it was ...

I read about a Higgs field $\vec{\phi}=\frac{1}{2}a\hat{r}\cdot \vec{\sigma}$ (in the context of 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole) with SO(3) diagonal subgroup symmetry consisting of simultaneous and equal ...

This is a related, but opposite question to this one
I have heard about a lot of things regarding elementary and GUT magnetic monopoles, as well the quasiparticle monopoles in spin ice
Since there's ...

It's really shocking that the following question was voted down twice although the question is yet to be answered by anyone.
So please read the following and give an answer why physics community has ...

Source-free Maxwell eqautions a dual symmetry between electric and magnetic fields is obvious. But in the presence of electric charge, such symmetry is broken. Recover it possible by an introduction ...

Is there any classical/ quantum mechanical proof for the non-existence of magnetic monopoles?
Or is it just lack of experimental evidence that has led us to the conclusion that monopoles do not exist, ...

if a hollow copper sphere(or any conducting hollow sphere) is connected to dc at points diametrical and a magnetic monopole is right at the center of the sphere then will there be any movement of the ...

I've been watching a lot of videos claiming to make monopoles either by dropping the temperature to 5k (-268° C) and splitting the magnet or by pouring molten metal through an induction system and was ...

Ok so I am looking for a simple explanation of how the process is done from the information I could access and the knowledge I was allowed I have the idea that it is a matter of quantum physics and ...